Knife guard



, July 27,1926. 1,593,935

G. L. GERIC K ET .AL,

KNIFE GUARD Filed Sept- 5, 1925 FIGURE :5

' INVENTORS ATTORNEY Patented July 27, 1926,

GEORGE I. GERICK AND LOUIS '1.

ONE-THIRD .TO GEORGE W.

KNIFE GUARD.

TORRES; or SAN Jose, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS or LYLE, or SAN JOSE,CALIFORNIA.

' Application flle'd September 3, 1925. Serial No. 54,241.

In cutting fruit for canning a special form of knife is used, this knifehaving a comparatively short handle and a longer sharply pointed blade.It is, of course, necessary that this blade be, kept sharp at all timeswith the result that, through accidents or carelessness many bad cutsare received by the workers outside of I they are carrying theseunguarded knives about with them.-

It is the object of the present invention to provide a guard for thecutting edge and point of the knife that may be quickly and easilysnapped into position thereon or removed therefrom, that will be easilycleaned, that will stand rough usuage, and that will be economical -tomanufacture, light in weight, strong, durable, and highly eiiicient inits ractical application.

Y In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective illustration of ourfimprovedknife guard imposition on a Figure 2 is a view on line 2-2 Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan View of o'ur improved knife'guard.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, we indicate a fruit cuttingknife handle at 21 carrying a blade 2 with a cutting edge at 3 and asharp point at 4', the upper blunt edge of the knife being indicated at5.

At .6 we show a metal element having one end curved transversely as at 7to conform somewhat to the curvature of knife handle 1 and curvedoutwardly from the handle to form a lip 8; Mounted on this end portion 7is a resilient clasp 9 having itsupper edges turned outwardly to formlips 10-10. The two sides of part 6 are brought towards each 0 other toform shoulders 11-11 adapted to seat solidly on shoulders 12-12 of knifehandle 1 and to form the two sides 13-13 of the guard spaced apartslightly more than the thickness of the blade 2 and having a curvedbottom 14 of substantially the same curve as the cutting edge 3 of blade2.

The ends of these sides 13-13 are. cut and formed to form a. bulbous tip15 for the guard, the edges of this end portion being working hours whenknife through the brought together as at 16 to format closed pocket forthe point of the blade-2. A rivet is inserted as shown at 17 to hold theside parts together and to form a stop under which the end of the bladeis inserted as shown.

In placing only necessary to insert the point 4 of the blade in the slot18 and under rivet 17 and then snap the clasp 9 onto the handle 1. Thebulbous enclosing end 15 now forms a perfect guard for the end of theblade, and the this guard on the knife it, is.

engagement of the shoulders 11-11 of the guard with the shoulders 12-12of the handle 1 provides a positive sto which efi'e'ctually prevents anysudden lilow at either end from forcing the point of the end of theguard.

In removing the guard the ends 1010 of clasp 9 may first be pusheddownward a little way and then the thumb inserted in the lip 8 and theguard pushed entirely off of the handle and blade. This. formation andmethod of removal facilitates handling the guard as it leaves the samegrasped by the fore-finger and thumb ready for disposing in a pocket orother receptacle.

The formation of the tip forms a complete guard for the end of the blade2 and also prevents the guard from working injury upon whatever it maycome in contact with, such as the fabric of the pocket in which it maybe placed.

It is clear that a device such as described may readily 'be made out ofone piece of metal bent and formed as set forth, with a rivet or othersuitable element inserted at 17 to function as described.

It is to be understood, of course, that hile we have herein shown anddescribed but one specific embodiment of the inven tion, changes in formconstruction and method of application may be made within the scope ofthe appended claims.

We claim: g

'1. A knife guard comprisinga longitudinally slotted sheathing elementadapted to receive a knife blade and having a .pocket formed in one endthereof to receive the point of the knife blade and a spring clipmounted on the other end and adapted to engage the knife handle.

2; A knife guard comprlsing a longitu- 5 dinall a kni 0 blade and in oneend thereof to receive the the knife blade an slotted element adapted toreceive having a pocket formed oint of d a shoulder at t e other endadapted to engage one end of the knife handle and a part extendingbeyond said shoulder and paralleling the knife handle, and a resilientclasp carried by said extension and adapted to engage the knife handle.

LOUIS T. TORRES. GEORGE L. GERICK.

